Press Release from President Terri Parton Regarding the Lawsuit
Filed by the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations:

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Stands United with Oklahoma Tribes On Compact Renewal

ANADARKO, Okla. - Since the Tulsa World op-ed piece last summer,
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has continually expressed his
intention to renegotiate the Model State-Tribal Compact
("Compact"). The Compact, passed by a vote of the people in a
statewide referendum in 2004, contains an express provision for its
renewal on January 1, 2020. Under certain conditions, the
Compact automatically renews, and the state has satisfied those
conditions. For months, the Governor has continued his
campaign of disinformation and has now hired another high-priced
out-of-state law firm to fight the Oklahoma tribes. On
December 31, 2019, the Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, and
Choctaw Nation - three of the state's largest gaming tribes - filed
a lawsuit to restore certainty, both for Oklahoma tribes and all of
Oklahoma.

"More than 200,000 more Oklahomans voted for the Compact than
for Governor Stitt, and tribes have nearly tripled the estimates of
their contributions to the state," President Parton of the Wichita
and Affiliated Tribes stated. "The state by its own actions
has triggered renewal - we stand united with Oklahoma tribes in
defense of our Compact rights."

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes consists of approximately
3,400 citizens and is aboriginal to Oklahoma. Its reservation
is located in western Oklahoma, north of Anadarko.

(Press Release Issued by the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Communications Office on January 3,
2020.)